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MATH180 PO - Introduction to Partial Differential Equations

When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2020.
Instructor(s): A. Rumbos
Credit: 1

Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) including the heat equation, wave equation, and Laplace’s equation; existence and uniqueness of solutions to PDEs via the maximum principle and energy methods; method of characteristics; Fourier series; Fourier transforms and Green’s functions; Separation of variables; Sturm-Liouville theory and orthogonal expansions; Bessel functions. Prerequisites: MATH 102 PO  and either MATH 101 PO  or MATH 131 PO .
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
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